# US 9,038,603 B2 · Fastening structure of fuel delivery pipe and cylinder head of internal combustion engine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,603 B2 - Document ID: US9038603B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/353,960 - Filed: 2012-10-25 - Published: 2014-10-16 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-26 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha; Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Takuya Ikoma; Hiroyuki Maeda - Inventors: Takuya Ikoma; Hiroyuki Maeda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038603B2 ## CPC - F02M 61/14: Arrangements of injectors with respect to engines; Mounting of injectors - F02M 55/025: {Common rails} - F02M 69/465: {of fuel rails} - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF ## Abstract A fastening structure of a fuel delivery pipe and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes three or more bosses provided on each of the cylinder head and the fuel delivery pipe, and fastening portions formed by bolting the bosses on the cylinder head to the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe. The fastening portions at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are less rigid than one or more fastening portions in a middle between the fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fastening structure of a fuel delivery pipe and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, the fastening structure comprising: three or more bosses provided on each of the cylinder head and the fuel delivery pipe; a plurality of fastening portions formed by bolting the bosses on the cylinder head to the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe; and ribs that reinforce the bosses provided on the cylinder head or the bosses provided on the fuel delivery pipe, wherein the plurality of fastening portions are such that fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are less rigid than one or more fastening portions positioned in a middle between the fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe, wherein the ribs positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are thinner than one or more ribs positioned in the middle, or no ribs are positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fastening structure according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder head is made of aluminum alloy. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fastening structure according to claim 1, wherein the fuel delivery pipe is made of iron alloy. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fastening structure according to claim 1, wherein the fastening structures positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are fastening portions that are positioned closest to ends of the fuel delivery pipe in an axial direction of the fuel delivery pipe, from among the plurality of fastening portions. ### Claim 5 A fastening structure of a fuel delivery pipe and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, the fastening structure comprising: three or more bosses provided on each of the cylinder head and the fuel delivery pipe; and a plurality of fastening portions formed by bolting the bosses on the cylinder head to the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe, wherein the plurality of fastening portions are such that fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are less rigid than one or more fastening portions positioned in a middle between the fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe, wherein diameters of the bosses on the cylinder head or diameters of the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe that are positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are smaller than a diameter of one or more bosses positioned in the middle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fastening structure according to claim 5, wherein the cylinder head is made of aluminum alloy. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The fastening structure according to claim 5, wherein the fuel delivery pipe is made of iron alloy. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The fastening structure according to claim 5, wherein the fastening structures positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are fastening portions that are positioned closest to ends of the fuel delivery pipe in an axial direction of the fuel delivery pipe, from among the plurality of fastening portions. ### Claim 9 A fastening structure of a fuel delivery pipe and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, the fastening structure comprising: three or more bosses provided on each of the cylinder head and the fuel delivery pipe; and a plurality of fastening portions formed by bolting the bosses on the cylinder head to the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe, wherein the plurality of fastening portions are such that fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are less rigid than one or more fastening portions positioned in a middle between the fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe, wherein a total boss height obtained by combining a height of a given one of the bosses on the cylinder head and a height of a corresponding one of the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe is greater with the bosses positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe than with the one or more bosses positioned in the middle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fastening structure according to claim 9, wherein the cylinder head is made of aluminum alloy. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The fastening structure according to claim 9, wherein the fuel delivery pipe is made of iron alloy. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The fastening structure according to claim 9, wherein the fastening structures positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are fastening portions that are positioned closest to ends of the fuel delivery pipe in an axial direction of the fuel delivery pipe, from among the plurality of fastening portions. ### Claim 13 A fastening structure of a fuel delivery pipe and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, the fastening structure comprising: three or more bosses provided on each of the cylinder head and the fuel delivery pipe; and a plurality of fastening portions formed by bolting the bosses on the cylinder head to the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe, wherein the plurality of fastening portions are such that fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are less rigid than one or more fastening portions positioned in a middle between the fastening portions positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe, wherein the cylinder head is made of aluminum alloy; the fuel delivery pipe is made of iron alloy; and a ratio of a height of a given one of the bosses on the cylinder head to a total boss height obtained by combining the height of the given one of the bosses on the cylinder head and a height of a corresponding one of the bosses on the fuel delivery pipe is larger with the bosses positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe than with the one or more bosses positioned in the middle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The fastening structure according to claim 13, wherein the fastening structures positioned at both end portions of the fuel delivery pipe are fastening portions that are positioned closest to ends of the fuel delivery pipe in an axial direction of the fuel delivery pipe, from among the plurality of fastening portions.